Reputation vs Obscurity - What's the difference?
reputation | obscurity |
What somebody is known for.
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, title=A pistle to the Christen reader. The Revelation of Antichrist: Antithesis,
(label) Darkness; the absence of light.
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*:I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity , came from a skylight.
The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
As nouns the difference between reputation and obscurity
is that reputation is reputation while obscurity is (label) darkness; the absence of light.reputation
English
(wikipedia reputation)Noun
(en noun)citation, chapter= , isbn= , publisher=Luft [i.e. Hoochstraten] , location= , editor= , volume_plain= , page=117 , passage=And Balaam (or as the trueth of the hebrewe hath Bileam) doth signifie the people of no reputation / or the vayne people or they that are not counted for people. }}
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.Synonyms
* nameDerived terms
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English
(wikipedia obscurity)Noun
The Dust of Conflict, passage=The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity .}}
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.